Literature grad writes thesis on Hemingway, Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">May 06, 2011. Is there anything left to write about Ernest Hemingway and his stories? One would think that the noted American author has been thoroughly covered, but according to ASU graduate student Sarah Driscoll, there’s still more to learn. And more to say.Driscoll, who will receive her master’s degree in American literature May 12, wrote her thesis on Hemingway’s relationship to the people of Cuba, and to Cuban artist Antonio Gattorno, whom Hemingway met in Havana in the late 1920s or early ‘30s. Read More

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Cubans begin to enjoy making money

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Mary Murray&nbsp;&nbsp; Producer. NBC News NBC News. updated 5/6/2011 10:37:25 AM ET 2011-05-06T14:37:25. HAVANA&nbsp; — Wealth sticks out like a sore thumb in Cuba, especially with a person like Orlando – who has amassed a small fortune for over 20 years – and lives in Cuba’s generally humble countryside. Orlando's three-story stone white house with its hand carved wooden doors and tar paved driveway sits in shiny stark contrast to the surrounding homes, most of which are four-room small rectangles topped with thatched roofs and marked by exterior walls badly in need of a splash of paint. Read More

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Noted Cuban Scientist Dies in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba cries death of professor Gustavo Kouri. Photo: articulos.sld.cu Cuban scientist Gustavo Kouri, who carried out an excellent work for over three decades as director of Havana’s Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK), died unexpectedly on Thursday afternoon in this capital at 75 years of age: He will be indelibly etched in Cubans’ memory, due to his dedication, his teaching to generations of professionals, and his valuable contributions to science. Read More

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Cuba Begins Export of Medical Product Deriving from Scorpions’ Toxin

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.05.06 - 11:37:51 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu.HAVANA, CUBA.- Cuba has begun to export Vidatox, a medical product for cancer therapy derived from a toxin found in scorpions, as announced by Jose Antonio Fraga, the director of the Havana-based Pharmaceutical and Biological Laboratory (Labiofam), which produces the medicine.Fraga explained that the substance is extracted from the Rhopalurus junceus, also known as red scorpion, which is an indigenous species of Cuba. Read More

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Cuban artists descend on NYC for three-month festival

<p style="text-align: justify;">May, 06, 2011 01:20 AM - Miami Herald (FL)&nbsp; May 06--NEW YORK -- Before this year, Cuban filmmaker Gerardo Chijona had not been to the United States in almost a decade. So far in 2011, he's already come twice.The director and screenwriter of the 2010 film Ticket to Paradise is one of some 200 Cuban musicians, filmmakers, artists, dancers and writers who are expected in New York City this spring for what promoters say is an unprecedented display of Cuban culture. After months of increased cultural exchanges between the two nations, the Si Cuba Festival has become the most significant demonstration of the Obama administration's departure from Bush-era policies. Read More

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Florida Senator’s bill seeks talks over oil

<p style="text-align: justify;">Apparently responding to Cuba’s persistent drive towards offshore drilling, a Democratic Senator from Florida quietly introduced a bill in February that would compel the United States to seek talks with Cuba over deep sea drilling safety and spill response.Phil Peters, a Cuba analyst with the Washington-based Lexington Institute, first reported about the bill in his Cuban Triangle blog.A consortium led by Spain’s Repsol YPF is expected to begin exploratory drilling by October. Read More

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FITCuba Participants Head Northeast to Santa Maria Key

<p style="text-align: justify;">Written by ACN. Friday, 06 May 2011 09:43. HAVANA, Cuba.- Participants in the ongoing International Tourism Fair traveled this Thursday to Santa Maria Key, the youngest destination of Cuba and venue of FITCUBA 2012.Around 100 tourism professionals and journalists will be able to enjoy the beauty of the northern keys off the central province of Villa Clara, which include Las Brujas and Ensenachos keys.Santa Maria Key will host FITCuba 2012, which will have Argentina as Guest of Honor country and will promote Family Tourism as product. Read More

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Cuban Comptroller's Office Supervises Business Sector

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Dayami Interián García.Havana, May 6 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Comptroller''s Office is carrying out the 6th National Internal Control Supervision of the State-run business sector, aimed at verifying its efficiency and making recommendations to improve it. This internal control, from Apr. 25 to May. 31, involves the participation of the National Auditing System and the National Association of Cuban Economists. More than 750 entities will be checked nationwide. Read More

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Musician Silvio Rodriguez Stresses Cuban Media’s Challenges

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.05.05 - 19:44:19 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.- Cuban singer songwriter Silvio Rodriguez said the role of the media is vital for the country to succeed in the changes implemented in the island aiming at maintaining its social system, as he received this Thursday a distinction granted by the Association of Cuban Journalists (UPEC) in Havana.Rodriguez was awarded the “Felix Elmuza” Distinction in recognition of his blog “Segunda Cita” (Second Meeting) where he maintains an open dialogue about the current situation in Cuba. Read More

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Santiago shipyard launches vessel

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Damex Shipbuilding &amp; Engineering shipyard in Santiago — one of the few fully foreign-owned operations in Cuba — finished assembling a 600-ton multi-purpose cargo vessel that will be used by the Venezuelan navy, Prensa Latina reported.The Damen Stan Lander 5612 is the first of four similar ships the shipyard in Cuba is assembling for Venezuela through 2013, under the ALBA trade and integration agreement. Read More

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